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Or, maybe the problem is I'm just too good! I did such a swell job of getting certain plants in the right places more than 10 years ago, I've now got Berber Carpet Syndrome (the attraction wears out before the rug does).

Whatever the case, I'm bored. And oh how it hurts. I've never before looked at my garden and thought, "You just don't turn me on anymore." The realization hit me hard ,and I immediately started rearranging containers, hiding scraggly spiderwort and declining hollyhocks under the cuttings table and splurging on new yard art.

Brittany Aukett — Tampa urban farmer at organic-gardening-adventures.blogspot.com: "Working with vegetables, you're always in motion and always changing. One season you plant one way, the next you plant a different way," she says.

1. Remove all accessories to one area and consider the "bones" of the landscape. (Hmm, my bones are all the shrubs I did right, the perfectly placed garden swing, the little pond my brother dug for me on a very hot summer afternoon. They may be ho-hum now, but we've been together for years. Change? I couldn't. Next?)

2. Choose plants that will bloom in succession from one season to another. (Ah! Definitely need more May bloomers!)

3. Plant like plants in uneven numbers — one, three, five, seven. So, instead of buying just one of those heat-loving foxtail ferns, get three — or five — and plant them near one another to make a big visual impact. (I learned this the hard way. She's right! If the plant is new to you, buy one, see how it does, and multiply by propagating through seeds or cuttings, if possible.)

I love this perfectly lazy — and inspiring — idea from Janice Vogt of Seminole Heights, who blogs at graceful cottagegardening.blogspot.com:

"Go buy Flea Market Gardening Magazine. ... Get the magazine and a bottle of wine."

Thank you, Janice, for turning me onto this new annual publication now in its second year. The 2012 edition promises 379 bargain ideas for your garden. It sells for $12.99 on Amazon.com, but it's also supposed to be available anywhere that sells magazines. If you can't find it, call (212) 462-9624 to order a copy — no subscriptions available yet.

As for the wine? I recommend a nice, chilled Riesling. It's perfect after a hot afternoon of planting.

A few people mentioned the caladiums now coloring their beds. (See No. 4 under Cynthia DeBoer — foliage can be as pretty as flowers.) I've planted some caladiums, but they're bulbs! When they disappear, as bulb plants do, I forget about them and put new stuff in those empty spots. I need a better plan.

"My caladiums right now just blow me away," Janice says.

Cynthia "Meems" Glover of North Tampa, who raves about caladiums on her blog, hoeandshovel.com, says they're her favorites, but not the only plants she relies on in May.

"Pentas, gaura, roses, salvias, coral honeysuckle, hydrangeas ... and colocasias, gingers and caladiums are sprouting out of the ground at rapid speed," she says.

Of course, it's possible I'm just done. In which case, I need to start packing.

"Please don't use my name because hubby hasn't figured this out," wrote a tipster, requesting to remain Anonymous, "but we've moved both times I felt like my landscape was 'finished.' "

Penny Carnathan can be reached at penlyn1@tampabay.rr.com. Find more of her gardening stories at www.digginfladirt.com. Join her and other local gardeners chatting on Facebook at Diggin Florida Dirt.

Got traffic-stopping yard art? Send pictures!

I'm a sucker for repurposed kitchen sinks, old high chairs put to clever new uses and worn-out kitchen utensils whose good work is rewarded by retirement in the garden.

If you've got yard art that people ooh and ah over, whether it's a recycled Dumpster dive treasure or something crazy you fell in love with on a road trip, I'd love to share it in a future column.

Unfortunately, there are some rules to follow if you want your photo to run. It absolutely must be a high-resolution .jpg file — at least 300 dpi. (If that's Greek to you, dig out your digital camera's owner's manual, or take your snapshots to Walgreen's for scanning, or ask a kid for help.) I need really good photo caption information; where did you find or buy your art? Why do you love it? What do garden visitors say about it? Include your name, the community you live in and a phone number where I can reach you if you slipped up on one of the above. (I won't publish your number.)

Send your photos to pcarnathan49@gmail.com. (Note: That's a different email than my usual contact information.) Deadline is May 21.